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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 129 (Friday, July 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37053-37054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3271]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 21, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States and California Department of Toxic Substances 
Control v. Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending Corp., et al., Case No. CV06-165 
CAS (RZx) (C.D. Cal.), relating to the Baldwin Park Operable Unit of 
the San Gabriel Valley Superfund Sites, Areas 1-4, located in and near 
the cities of Azusa, Irwindale, Baldwin Park, and Covina in Los Angeles 
County, California (``BPOU''), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California.
    The proposed Consent Decree is a settlement of claims brought 
against: (1) Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending Corp. (``Azusa Pipe'') as well 
as individual owners of the Azusa Pipe property (collectively, the 
``Settling Defendants''), and (2) General Services Administration, 
Department of the Army, Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, 
Department of the Air Force, and Army Corps of Engineers (``Settling 
Federal Agencies''), pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-
9675, and Section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and the Hazardous 
and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (collectively ``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 
6973.

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    The proposed Consent Decree requires the Settling Defendants to pay 
$1,025,000 to the United States for response costs incurred by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and the U.S. Department of 
Justice (``Department of Justice'' or ``DOJ''), and to pay $75,000 to 
the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (``DTSC'') for 
response costs incurred by DTSC. The proposed Consent Decree includes a 
covenant not to sue the Settling Defendants under Sections 106 and 107 
of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606, 9607, and under Section 7003 of RCRA, 42 
U.S.C. 6973.
    The proposed consent Decree also requires the Settling Federal 
Agencies to pay $490,000 to EPA for response costs incurred by EPA DOJ, 
and to pay $105,000 to DTSC for response costs incurred by DTSC. The 
Consent Decree includes a covenant not to sue the Settling Federal 
Agencies under CERCLA Section 107, 42 U.S.C. 9607.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected], or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, with a copy to Robert 
Mullaney, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050, 
San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to United States, et al., v. 
Azusa Pipe and Tube Bending Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. 90-11-2-354/22. 
Commenters may request an opportunity for a public meeting in the 
affected area, in accordance with Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 
6973(d).
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 9, Office of 
Regional Counsel, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. 
During the public comment period, the Decree may also be examined on 
the following Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $91.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail 
or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at 
the stated address. In requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $9.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-3271 Filed 7-5-07; 8:45 am]
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